A Topic of Moral Theology
Morality Founded in the Nature of the Act
Morality Founded in the Nature of the Act, as treated in Wouters (Scholion. On Morality Founded in the Nature of the Act).
Also asked about as…
intrinsically good and evil acts · is morality just what god commands · right and wrong by nature (ed.)
In the index as Act · Morality · Evil · Good · Moral subjectivism · Positivism
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. I, Scholion. On Morality Founded in the Nature of the Act, n. 63 — Having assigned the species of morality, which are goodness, malice, and indifference, it remains to inquire whether morality, especially goodness and malice, is sometimes also founded in the nature of the act, ultimatel… Read in context →
Commentaries on Human Acts (Commentarii de Actibus Humanis)
Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts, Commentary IX: On the Morality of Human Acts, n. 26 — 26. From the declared nature of morality, and its origin or source, it further follows that not every human act takes its rectitude or perversity from positive law. For antecedently to every law certain acts are naturall… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, Second Part: On Human Acts…, Section A: On the Morality…, Q. II, Article I: On the Intrinsic Difference Between Good and Evil, nn. ¶1, 121, 122 & 123 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, Second Part: On Human Acts…, Section A: On the Morality…, Q. II, Article III: On the Objective Foundation of Morality, nn. ¶1, 127 & 128 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Essence of Morality — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)